Cross references

Revelation 9:5

The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

Revelation 9:5 BSB

Revelation 9:5 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Revelation 9:10 (8 votes) and Job 2:6 (6 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Exodus 10 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does Revelation 9:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

  2. Job 2:66 votes

    “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

  3. And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

  4. As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor. Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished. …

  5. The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.

  6. Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

  7. John 19:110 votes

    Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

  8. When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.

  9. Daniel 7:6-1 votes

    Next, as I watched, suddenly another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.

Which verses point to Revelation 9:5?

The 10 strongest of 15.